The human insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein-3 inhibits the growth of fibroblasts with a targeted disruption of the IGF-I receptor gene

Molecular Endocrinology
B ValentinisP Cohen

Abstract

The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are important mitogens that exert their proliferative effects on cells via the type I IGF receptors (IGF-R). The IGFs also associate with IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs). IGF-inhibitory, IGF-stimulatory, and IGF-independent effects of IGFBPs on cell growth have been reported. We have asked whether the IGFBP-3 has an effect on cell growth, which is independent of its ability to bind IGF-I and thus inhibit the activation of the IGF-I receptor. For this purpose, we have used a fibroblast cell line (R- cells) derived from mouse embryos homozygous for a targeted disruption of the IGF-R gene. When compared with wild type cells (W), which bind IGF-I with high affinity and specificity, R- cells transfected with a mammalian expression vector containing the human (h) IG-FBP-3 cDNA were selected (R-/BP3) and found to express hIGFBP-3 mRNA (detected by Northern blots) and to secrete hIGFBP-3 protein [detected by Western ligand blotting (WLB), immunoblotting, and immunoprecipitation as well as immunofluorescence confocal microscopy]. Growth of five different R- cells, and 10-fold slower compared with W cells, grown under identical conditions. Confluent R- cells. These experiments show that the overexpres...Continue Reading

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